Amy Newman is translator, American poet, and professor. She is a Presidential Research Professor at

Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state's system ...

Life

She graduated with a Ph.D. in English Literature and Language from

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

. She is the author of five collections of poems, most recently ''On This Day in Poetry History'' (Persea Books). Her other books include ''Dear Editor'', winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award, ''fall'', ''Camera Lyrica,'' winner of the

Beatrice Hawley Award The Alice James Award, formerly the Beatrice Hawley Award, is given annually by Alice James Books. The award includes publication of a book-length poetry manuscript and a cash prize (currently $2,000). The award was established by the press in 1986 ...

, and her first book, ''Order, or Disorder,'' which received the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize. Newman has received fellowships in poetry from the

MacDowell Colony MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDowell ...

and the Ohio and Illinois Arts Councils. In 2015 she was awarded the Friends of Literature Prize from The Poetry Foundation for her poe
"Howl."
Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including ''The Kenyon Review'', ''The Missouri Review'', ''Hotel Amerika'', ''The Ohio Review'', ''Colorado Review'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''The Gettysburg Review'', ''Hayden's Ferry Review'', ''Willow Springs'', ''Indiana Review'', ''The Carolina Quarterly'', and ''The Connecticut Poetry Review'', and in anthologies, including ''The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries'', ''The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets In Discussion and Practice'', ''An Introduction To The Prose Poem'', ''Lit from Inside: 40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books'', and ''The Hide-and-Seek Muse: Annotations of Contemporary Poetry''. Her poetry has been translated and published in

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and

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. Newman was named the poetry critic at the ''

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'' in October 2006 and in the same month served as online Poet-in-Residence for the British newspaper ''

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''. She has published articles on the poets

Agha Shahid Ali Agha Shahid Ali (4 February 1949 – 8 December 2001) was an Indian-born poet who immigrated to the United States, and became affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry. His collections include ''A Walk T ...

W. S. Merwin William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thema ...

Jean Valentine __NOTOC__ Jean Valentine (April 27, 1934December 29, 2020) was an American poet and the New York State Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Her poetry collection, ''Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003'', was awarded the 2004 N ...

Adrienne Rich Adrienne Cecile Rich ( ; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "th ...

, and

Theodore Roethke Theodore Huebner Roethke ( ; May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book ''The Wa ...

Family

She lives in

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with her husband,

Joe Bonomo Joe Bonomo is an American essayist and music writer. Life Bonomo was born and raised in Wheaton, Maryland. He graduated from University of Maryland (BA) and Ohio University (MA and PhD). His books include ''No Place I Would Rather Be: Roger Ang ...

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

* ''On This Day in Poetry History'' (Persea Books, 2016) * ''Dear Editor'' (Persea Books, 2012) * ''fall'' (

Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist. History and overview Founded (in its present for ...

, 2004/2006) * ''Camera Lyrica'' (

Alice James Books Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington. History and mission "Alice James Books was founded as a co-operative press in Cambridge, MA in 19 ...

, 1999) * ''Order, or Disorder'' (

Cleveland State University Poetry Center The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is a literary small press and poetry outreach organization in Cleveland, Ohio, operated under the auspices of the English Department at Cleveland State University. It publishes original works of poetry b ...

, 1996)

Chapbooks

* ''The Sin Sonnets: A Redouble'' (Scantily Clad Press, 2009) * ''The BirdGirl Handbook'' (Green Tower Press, 2006)Green Tower Press Website

References

Sources

Ohio University Department of English > Alumni: Amy Newman

External links

Amy Newman on Twitter

Poetry Foundation > "Howl"

"Dear Editor/20 November" on PoemFlow

NARRATIVE Poem of the Week > ''An incomplete Encyclopedia of Happiness and Unhappiness''

The London Guardian Poem of the Week > ''Darwin's Unfinished Notes to Emma'' > June 2008

* ttp://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2005_05_005373.php Review: ''Bookslut.com'' Review by Sumita Sheth of ''Fall'' by Amy Newman > May 2005
''Ploughshares'' > Authors & Articles > Profile by Amy Newman of Jean Valentine > Winter 2008-09

''The Guardian'' > Thursday 5, October 2006 > Amy Newman's Poetry Workshop
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